Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline

Remains of a City
On their website, the photographers write, "Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes ... the volatile result of the change of eras and the fall of empires. This fragility leads us to watch them one very last time: to be dismayed, or to admire, it makes us wonder about the permanence of things."

• To see more work by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, visit their website, marchandmeffre.com